i think a fact of kawelo's life is that if there is some sort of skin-affecting sickness/virus/allergic reaction, he will get it, and it will be nasty. case in point:
chicken pox.that's right - chicken pox.
did you know that they have a vaccine for chicken pox now? they do! kids get one at 1 year old, and another at 4 years old. did you also know that if you've only had the one, there's like a 20% chance that you'll still get chicken pox? apparently, we were exposed to chicken pox somewhere (and the virus can live on surfaces for 10 hours, so it could've been literally anywhere) and kawelo fell into that 20% that's still vulnerable. poor guy!!! i took him to the pediatrician to make sure this wasn't some weirdo allergic reaction (like his eye that swelled shut a few weeks ago) and the doctor took one glance at him and said, "oh, yeah. that's chicken pox. no doubt about it." (the good news is that we were in and out of the doctor's office in record time!)
so, we're officially hermits for about a week while we try to help kawelo fight the itchiness with baths, generic benadryl, and calamine lotion. the best news is that he is so wonderful at taking medicine, and he thinks the calamine tickles. feel free to send some prayers our way for a speedy recovery!
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Poor guy! Well, at least you know what it is now. :)
So sad!
Oh dear! Minnie got shingles, even though she never had chicken pox and did have the chicken pox vaccine.
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